Showing posts with label Self-Will. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Self-Will. Show all posts
Friday, October 14, 2011

Overcoming Our Fears and Desires

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"Since most of us are born with an abundance of natural desires, it isn't strange that we often let these far exceed their intended...
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011

The 'Actor' and the New 'Director'

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"If his arrangements would only stay put, if only people would do as he wished, the show would be great. Everybody, including himself, ...
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Monday, August 15, 2011

A Lesson in "Self-Will Run Riot"

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"Most people try to live by self-propulsion. Each person is like an actor who wants to run the whole show; is forever trying to arran...
Friday, June 17, 2011

William James and 'The Varieties of Spritual Awakenings'

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The " Spiritual Experience " appendix was added to the second edition of Alcoholics Anonymous in order to reassure recovering alc...
Sunday, May 8, 2011

The Use of Will Power and a Higher Power

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An alcoholic addict who has progressed beyond a certain point in his or her addiction loses all will-power and cannot, it seems, stop and re...
Monday, April 18, 2011

Carl Jung and Our Spiritual Imperative

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Carl G. Jung (1875-1961) (See: Jung and the birth of A.A. ) The alcoholic addict who is a student of the 12 Steps and their history wi...
Friday, April 15, 2011

Surrender Part II: Letting Go & Letting God

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"When we became alcoholic, crushed by a self-imposed crisis we could not postpone or evade, we had to fearlessly face the proposition t...
Thursday, March 24, 2011

Quieting the Mind: 'The Tao of the Doughnut Hole'

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To lead a contented and purposeful life, the alcoholic addict in recovery is dependent upon a "spiritual awakening" - the opening ...
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

How NOT to Act via 'Self-Will'

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The"Stream of Consciousness" versus "God-Consciousness" "We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In th...
Tuesday, March 1, 2011

The Hole In the Doughnut . . . Or, Becoming Whole

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Bill Wilson was a very good writer with a gift for to-the-point wording and suggestive imagery. The "juggernaut of self-will" (at ...
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